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On the Road (Essential.penguin S.)
On the Road - Essential.penguin S.
Author: Jack Kerouac
ISBN-13: 9780140274158
ISBN-10: 0140274154
Publication Date: 9/3/1998
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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Three generations of writers, musicians, artists, and poets cite their discovery of On the Road as the event that "set them free."

On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling North America with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road a work of lasting importance. A true classic. A++++++++